Patients transferred to Gulf Coast Medical Center

Staff, patients and medical equipment are transported from Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center to the new Gulf Coast Medical Center.

The hand prints of hospital employees act as a farewell message at the Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center on Sunday, March 8, 2009, in Fort Myers. The hospital staff, equipment and patients are moving to the new Gulf Coast Medical Center at Daniels Road and Metro Parkway. David Albers/ Staff

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Plant operations worker Vincent Fiore, right, chats with department secretary Michelle Ramsey as he clips the lock on her personal locker in the emergency room at the Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center on Sunday, March 8, 2009, in Fort Myers. The hospital staff, equipment and patients are being transferred to the new Gulf Coast Medical Center at Daniels Road and Metro Parkway. David Albers/ Staff

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Environmental services housekeeper Darnell Bradwell, of Fort Myers, helps to break down the emergency room at the Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center on Sunday, March 8, 2009, in Fort Myers. Bradwell and the rest of the hospital staff are working to transfer the equipment and patients to the new Gulf Coast Medical Center at Daniels Road and Metro Parkway. David Albers/ Staff

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Lee County EMS workers process patients to be transferred in ambulances from the Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center. David Albers/ Staff

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Health unit coordinator Nancy Rozycki signs the wall of the emergency room with a farewell message at the Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center on Sunday, March 8, 2009, in Fort Myers. Rozycki has worked in the hospital since 1975 and is transferring with the hospital staff, equipment and patients to the new Gulf Coast Medical Center at Daniels Road and Metro Parkway. David Albers/ Staff

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Farewell notes from the staff line the walls of the emergency room at the Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center on Sunday, March 8, 2009, in Fort Myers. The hospital staff, equipment and patients are being transferred to the new Gulf Coast Medical Center at Daniels Road and Metro Parkway. David Albers/ Staff

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Health unit coordinator Nancy Rozycki signs the wall of the emergency room with a farewell message at the Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center on Sunday, March 8, 2009, in Fort Myers. Rozycki has worked in the hospital since 1975 and is transferring with the hospital staff, equipment and patients to the new Gulf Coast Medical Center at Daniels Road and Metro Parkway. David Albers/ Staff

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Security officer Wayne DeMeyere works with the hospital staff to transfer patients from the Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center on Sunday, March 8, 2009, in Fort Myers. The hospital staff, equipment and patients are moving to the new Gulf Coast Medical Center at Daniels Road and Metro Parkway. David Albers/ Staff

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Lee County EMS workers deliver patients from Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center to the new Gulf Coast Medical Center on Sunday, March 8, 2009, in Fort Myers. David Albers/ Staff

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Lee County EMS workers deliver patients from Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center to the new Gulf Coast Medical Center on Sunday, March 8, 2009, in Fort Myers. David Albers/ Staff

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Lee County EMS workers deliver patients from Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center to the new Gulf Coast Medical Center on Sunday, March 8, 2009, in Fort Myers. David Albers/ Staff

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Lee County EMS workers clean out ambulances after each patient is delivered from Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center to the new Gulf Coast Medical Center on Sunday, March 8, 2009, in Fort Myers. David Albers/ Staff